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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the condition of Hornblower's sword when it is returned?
(a) Broken in two.
(b) Polished.
(c) Hilt-less tang and the blade's gilding scraped off.
(d) Polished and sharpened.

2. Who attends to Bush's stump?
(a) Calais.
(b) Brown.
(c) Hornblower.
(d) A local physician.

3. What happens to his men daily?
(a) They continue to die of their wounds.
(b) They are flogged and tortured.
(c) They are forced into extremely crowded cells.
(d) They are put on exhibit for the scorn and ridicule of the local populace.

4. What does Hornblower announce as he knocks on the door?
(a) That he is a prisoner of war.
(b) That he is an English diplomat.
(c) That he is a French spy.
(d) That he is a French general.

5. Why is Hornblower thrown into the water?
(a) The boat capsizes.
(b) The boat hits a tree limb.
(c) Brown accidentally knocks him in with an oar.
(d) He intentionally gets in the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Bush injured?

2. Who does the Count introduce?

3. What is the surname of the host?

4. Where do the men spend their first night in France?

5. How is Admiral Leighton's victory made possible?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Spanish treat Hornblower and what can he see from where he is? What do you think it says about his character that they would do this?

2. In what shape is Bush at the beginning of Chapter 5? What does the doctor tell Caillard? What does Hornblower say?

3. How did Hornblower end up where he is at the beginning of the novel?

4. What are mostly in Hornblower's thoughts as he waits his future?

5. How does the Spanish warden help Hornblower? Why do you think he would do that? Do you think that makes him a traitor to his country?

6. What does Hornblower think about when told Admiral Leighton might die? Do you think his thoughts make him less that honorable?

7. What happens in the first few hours after their escape? Why is the river being swift to their advantage?

8. How does Hornblower appeal to Caillard's humanity and what is Caillard's response?

9. What happens to Bush as the travel to Paris continues? Do you think people in that era were tougher than those today?

10. Why might Marie be a better match in some ways for Hornblower than his wife or the Admiral's wife?

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